Eurotunnel also said its Channel Tunnel shuttle train services between Folkestone and Calais were running normally.

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Rail services through the tunnel also remain affected by snow and ice.

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Eurotunnel already operates the Channel rail tunnel, and runs the Le Shuttle services.

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As a result, Eurotunnel's own monopoly on shuttle services carrying people in their cars, coaches and lorries through the tunnel from Folkestone in Kent to Coquelles near Calais will continue.

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CrossCountry services travelling from Birmingham are currently being diverted via Wales and the Severn Tunnel.

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Our Londoners' tube will have more and better trains, more lines and more services, whilst Prescott's Public Private Partnership remains stuck in the tunnel with signal failure.

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He adds that the opening up of the Channel Tunnel to competition was a European Union decision, and that it only applies to seated passenger services.

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Emergency services in western Poland have rescued 19 miners who were trapped underground when a minor earthquake caused a tunnel to collapse.

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